Asta/Vance Joy/Bliss n Eso/Midnight Juggernauts will probably get a look in too. Get Lucky is the only contender for #1, lock in for top 3. Who knows, most of the top 20 last year hadn't been released by this stage, but solid star of the year. If only triple j played Imagine Dragons, I'd have half most define votes already.

DaRenegade, I'm a huge Blink fan and think they only were getting airplay AGAIN after they released the lineup for Soundwave, as for Stone Sour not sure they will get played other than on mid dawn in the future.

I'm a huge fan of theirs too but really the j's still like Blink, they didn't give Neighborhoods much of a look apart from Up All Night in 2011, but they really did play When I Was Young HEAPS between Jan and April and it still gets regular airplay. It's just a song they like.

I'm not saying it'll make the 100, probs in the 101-200 range, but I'll defs vote for it.

QOTSA, The Strokes and Daft Punk will all have 2 entries atleast...

QOTSA - My God is the Sun and I Appear MissingStrokes - All the Time and One Way TriggerDaft Punk - Get Lucky and Instant Crush

With a glut of "supposed" wits and honder,at the close of the year, Christmas dollars, kids on holiday, yule-tide and midsummer wishersand Them that appear basically for Hot 100 exposure and inherent successes in a top 10 berth...

The "money-machines."

As I have seen of the twenty + years of the Hottest 100,an enormous amount of good music is released early in the year; yet much of it is overlooked by the punters byend-o-year.

Hence why late year releases need be watched for meritous fraud and critics need be alot harsher...

Is This How You Feel?, Why'd You Only Call Me When Your High?, Lanterns & Recover will most likely fall slightly short. Having said that; Thrift Shop, Holdin On, Clair De Lune, Not Giving In etc had not yet received major airplay this time last year so who knows.....

this year has been a little odd in that there hasn't been that one really BIG hit that has come around and everyone has thought, that's gonna be number 1 for sure.

Get Lucky, Royals, Entertainment, Rip Tide, Retrogade are looking really good at the moment, I think tracks like My God is the Sun and Do I Wanna Know? will do well but rock bands these days don't generally hit the high places, so I dunno about top 10 for either.

Upset Win: Vance Joy - Riptide?- still on ARIA charts at 25 (Royals at 28, Get Lucky not even in top 50)- on iTunes singles chart at 39 (Royals at 44, Get Lucky at 80)- on Spotify singles chart at 10 (Royals at 14, Get Lucky at 98)- on Rdio singles chart at 23 (beaten by Royals at 16)

Seems to be sticking around a lot more than any other major track this year (was released roughly 1/3 of the way through the year), not threatened by other successful tracks by the same artist to steal votes from a number one contender and has the bonus of being Australian. Still think it's unlikely but possible.

Yes, there is a hip hop act in my list but don't go reaching for the smelling salts. There are only two acts I like, the other being Macklemore - others give me varying levels of ear bleed and have me reaching for the channel changer faster than you can 'Whigger'.

Would have chosen multiples for Boy and Bear - brilliant album. Pony, Reflektor, Pursuit and Comfortable all blew my face off when I first heard them so they've been on the list since release. Suckerpunch is another in the line of freaking good rock Kingswood have released.

Now to sit back and wait for my post BDO countdown experience. Hopefully there will be the usual forum interaction which tops off the whole day.

Ways To Go & Reflektor doing well, but Disclosure, Chvrches, Haim, QOTSA, The National etc seem to have their votes split among many songs. Daft Punk look like getting four entries but not as high as expected, San Cisco's Like A Version damaging Get Lucky's chances of top 10. Rudimental, Phoenix, Birds of Tokyo, Kings Of Leon & Nine Inch Nails will be lucky to get in at all.

A lot of people are posting their votes on instagram (#hottest100). Only based that prediction on what people are voting from there, no doubt Get Lucky and Royals will do well with casual listeners and last minute voters. To be honest that would be a disappointing top ten considering what's come out in 2013.

What a Joke!!! Not a single Depeche Mode song from delta machine on the voting list- 3 songs from the album and nothing. Shows why the band avoids touring here, the australian public have little or no regard for the band, and not a single track from the latest album making the list.

was wondering if anybody knows if it's possible to listen to the hottest 100 through podcast, or a delayed stream.

Because I live in Spain, and the hottest 100 starts at 2am! I'll be up then to listen to it, but I'm hosting an Aus day party and I can't expect all my friends to come over at 2am to start the party, and I want them to get the full Aus day experience and listen to the hottest 100.

If anybody knows if it's possible to listen to the hottest 100 not live, let us know, it would be much appreciated.